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While serving as a tribune in Rome's legions in Old Judea during
the first century AD, Novemus Opimius Validus was mortally wounded.
But he was then touched by the healing hand of Jesus Christ
himself. After that momentous occasion, his life forever changed.
Validus witnesses Christ's fabled and momentous Sermon on the Mount
and becomes a secret Christian, embarking on an astounding journey
that puts him in close proximity to other monumental historical
figures, including Christ's devoted apostle, Peter. He encounters
the young and demented Emperor Gaius Caligula, his unlikely
successor and uncle; the stuttering, physically crippled, and
oft-ridiculed but kindly Emperor Claudius; and Claudius's lifelong
friend, the illustrious King Herod Agrippa. From the lowly depths
of the gladiatorial arena to the grand halls of the Roman Senate
and later to the Roman Emperor's chair, Validus changes the path of
Roman history, making a distinct connection between faith and
empire. In this second installment of a four-part series, author C.
Martinez Landrau offers a fascinating look at what ancient Rome
might have been like had a man destined to become its greatest
emperor also been one of Christianity's first Roman converts,
albeit secretly ...
Charlestown is a fictional story about the plight of Boston Taxi
Cab drivers in the early 1980's and their struggle to form a Union
as their answer to achieving better earnings and working
conditions. Harry Sharpstone, Union organizer, is dispatched by the
Teamster's Union of Chicago to orchestrate this union organization.
Conflict, coalitions and struggle result. Is resolve achieved?
Typically, Management and Unions never achieve permanent resolve,
just a temporary platform for a truce. The coalitions are the Taxi
Cab owners and Taxi Medallion owners who are frequently from
Charlestown and the North End and are supported by the enforcement
of local Mafia types associated with known racketeer Raymond
Patriarca of Providence Mafia fame. Since the issuance of these
valuable Taxi Medallions is controlled by Boston Chief of Police
Bratton he may be lending favor to the owners. The other faction is
the Taxi Cab Drivers. They are supported by the efforts of the
Teamsters which is ruled by James Hoffa, State Senate President
Billy Bulger, who is known to favor the struggle of the blue collar
worker, and Billy's brother, Whitey Bulger, the suspected leader of
the Winter Hill Gang and rackets in South Boston. When these two
factions clash over the power struggle between the Taxi Cab
Medallion owners and the Taxi Cab Drivers the situation ranges from
intense to combustible. Local political and social culture creates
a distinct Boston flavor as the story twists, turns and unfolds
Relax and enjoy for as long you can. You may find yourself sliding
to the edge of your seat not sure of how you got there.
This book gives a comprehensive overview of modern hydrogenation
methods used in organic synthesis. In clearly structured chapters,
the authors cover the catalysts, scope and limitations of their
application, and the techniques for hydrogenation of carbon-carbon,
carbon-heteroatom and heteroatom-heteroatom multiple bonds.
This text proposes a new way to consider theatre and performance
that claims a special relationship to reality, truth and
authenticity. It documents innovations in devising and staging
theatre and performance that takes reality as its subject, cultural
shifts that have generated theatre of the real, some of its
problems and some possibilities.
The purpose of this book is to offer higher education leaders,
scholars, consultants, and observers a full range of strategy tools
that can be applied to the higher education industry. This is
accomplished by a) introducing new concepts and tools to give a
comprehensive view of strategy making in higher education, beyond
strategic planning, b) demonstrating the value of the concepts and
tools through description and application for different types of
institutions (universities, community colleges, for-profit
colleges, etc.) and at different levels within institutions
(institutional, college, department, etc.), and c) providing
guidance on the appropriate uses of the various tools. The last
point is especially important, as applying business- like
principles to higher education often receives heavy criticism. The
book helps readers decipher the appropriate uses of different
strategy tools to the higher education industry, but the book also
points out dangers and weaknesses. All of this is done within
today's context of political, economic, demographic, and global
realities.
Culture, Class and Politics in Modern Appalachia takes stock of the
field of Appalachian studies as it explores issues still at the
center of its scholarship: culture, industrialization, the labor
movement, and twentieth-century economic and political failure and
their social impact. A new generation of scholars continues the
work of Appalachian studies' pioneers, exploring the diversity and
complexity of the region and its people. Labor migrations from
around the world transformed the region during its critical period
of economic growth. Collective struggles over occupational health
and safety, the environment, equal rights, and civil rights
challenged longstanding stereotypes. Investigations of political
and economic power and the role of social actors and social
movements in Appalachian history add to the foundational work that
demonstrates a dynamic and diverse region.
The future of European Monetary Union (EMU) stands as one of the
most important economic issues of the era. The author argues that
in the event of macroeconomic shocks, rather than acting as a
cohesive force, EMU could give rise to disunity. As EMU is not an
optimal currency area, asymmetric shocks affecting each country
differently could be critical to its future. The success of EMU
depends upon the ability of institutions in the EU to satisfy the
monetary and fiscal policy demands of sufficient numbers of
national constituents, interest groups, and multinational
corporations. This book employs principles from public choice to
analyze the EU institutions that participate in the monetary policy
making process of EMU and assesses whether they have the mechanisms
to cope with asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. In particular, it
examines the European Council, Council of Ministers, European
Commission, European Parliament and the European Central Bank. This
book provides an invaluable critique of the EMU plan and will be of
interest to scholars of European economics, macroeconomics and
public choice.
The behavior of fiscal authorities and its interplay with budgetary institutions is a recent and increasingly important area of economic research, heightened by the move to single currency in Europe. This volume provides a systematic analysis of issues including the determinants of fiscal retrenchment strategies, the role of numerical and procedural rules, the composition of the adjustment, the (dis)similarity of fiscal behavior across countries, the interactions between fiscal and monetary authorities, and the long run factors shaping fiscal behavior and sustainability.
Significant progress has been made in the study of
three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationships (3D
QSAR) since the first publication by Richard Cramer in 1988 and the
first volume in the series, 3D QSAR in Drug Design. Theory, Methods
and Applications, published in 1993. The aim of that early book was
to contribute to the understanding and the further application of
CoMFA and related approaches and to facilitate the appropriate use
of these methods. Since then, hundreds of papers have appeared
using the quickly developing techniques of both 3D QSAR and
computational sciences to study a broad variety of biological
problems. Again the editor(s) felt that the time had come to
solicit reviews on published and new viewpoints to document the
state of the art of 3D QSAR in its broadest definition and to
provide visions of where new techniques will emerge or new appli-
tions may be found. The intention is not only to highlight new
ideas but also to show the shortcomings, inaccuracies, and abuses
of the methods. We hope this book will enable others to separate
trivial from visionary approaches and me-too methodology from in-
vative techniques. These concerns guided our choice of
contributors. To our delight, our call for papers elicited a great
many manuscripts.
Documentary theatre is a form of theatre created from the verbatim
use of interviews, photographs and historical proceedings. This
book brings together essays, interviews and performance texts, many
published here for the first time, which describe and analyse
documentary theatre around the world: both its history and its
proliferation since 9/11.
This book assesses how EU economies have fared in their project of
economic and monetary union. Drawing on data for all fifteen member
countries, it takes the Spanish economy as a point of departure to
compare their gains and losses. It also considers the implications
for the welfare state, enlargement towards Eastern Europe and the
political integration of Europe.
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Novemus Opimius Validus was mortally wounded while serving as a
tribune in Rome's legions in Old Judea during the first century
AD-and was then touched by the healing hand of Jesus Christ
himself. After that momentous occasion, his life forever changed;
his inspirational story is one of undying faith, indomitable
perseverance, and courage unlike any other ever told.
Validus witnessed Christ's fabled and momentous Sermon on the
Mount and became a secret Christian, embarking on an astounding
journey that puts him in close proximity to other monumental
historical figures, including Christ's devoted apostle, Peter. He
encounters the young and demented Emperor Gaius Caligula, his
unlikely successor and uncle; the stuttering, physically crippled,
and oft ridiculed but kindly Emperor Claudius; and Claudius's
lifelong friend, the illustrious King Herod Agrippa.
From the lowly depths of the gladiatorial arena to the grand
halls of the Roman Senate and later to the Roman Emperor's chair,
Validus changes the path of Roman history, making a distinct
connection between faith and empire.
"VALIDVS" is the first installment in a classic four part
series. With this novel author C. Martinez Landrau offers a
fascinating, alternative look at what ancient Rome might have been
like had a man destined to become its greatest emperor also been
one of Christianity's first Roman coverts - albeit secretly...
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